Bio 316 Exam 1 Questions And Answers With 100% Correct Answers
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Bio 316
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Bio 316
Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated that:
--early animals rose from the ocean
--humans came from the mouths of giant fish
--and, complexity rose from simple life
Aristotle (385-322 BC) - --advocated the importance of "observation"
--wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying ani...
Bio 316 Exam 1
Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated that:
--early animals rose from the ocean
--humans came from the mouths of giant fish
--and, complexity rose from simple life
Aristotle (385-322 BC) - --advocated the importance of "observation"
--wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying animals
--wrote "Scala Naturae" - organizing living things along scales of "perfection"
Biological Evolution - change in populations over time
Comte de Buffon - -In 1779, made a new estimate of earth age of 75,000 yrs old
-Wrote Histoire Naturelle
Cuvier (1769-1832) - first prominent Paleontologist, describing the concept of stratigraphy
--rocks develop in strata, and
--rock age is associated with depth
Darwin (1809-1882) - ..
Darwin's contributions while on the Beagle - 1. Found giant armadilla fossils
2. Found marine animal fossils in the Andes
3. Understood volcanic origins of the Galapagos
4. Found different species of giant tortoises on different islands
5. Found different species of mockingbirds and finches on each island, all resembling common mainland
species
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